Supporting device for railway-tracks.



No. 816,004. PATENTED MAR. 27, 1906.

J'. T. 000mm.- SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR RAILWAY TRACKS.

APYLIOATION PILEDJAN. 2, 1906.

fltkomms' Mm I -UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES T. OOOHRAN, OF SYLAOAUGrLdALABAMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARDCOCHRAN', OF SYLAOAUGA, ALABAMA.

SUPPORTING DEVICE- FoR RAILWAY-TRACKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2'7, 1906.

Application filed January 2, 1906. Serial No. 294,105.

' cauga, in the county of Talladega and State of Alabama, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Supporting Devices for Railway-Tracks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a portable and economical foundation orsupport for the rails of a railway-track, and especially adapted for usewith tracks that have to be fre quently moved from one position toanother,

, as in marble quarriesutilizing portable drills.

The primary object of the invention. is to provide means for supportingrails in parallel relation, that may be readily set up or disposed inproper position for holding the rails, and to overcome the necessity ofusing ties or other cross supporting devices now commonly employed forholding rai'ls.

After the rails are di'sposed'in the supports embodying the features ofthe invention it is proposed at times and where found necessary toconnect such rails by braces; but this is an obvious expedient and wellknown in the art of track-laying. Y

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of partswhich will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, F1 ure 1 is a side elevation of a track-rail, s owingthe improved supporting means applied'thereto. Fig. 2 is a transversevertical section through one of the supporting devices. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of a portion of a rail and illustrating a longitudinal sectionof the sup orting means, the section being taken direct y through thejoint of the two members of such supporting means.

Similar numerals of reference are employed keeper 4, the flanges whenthe two members are assembled forming a seat 5 forthe' base of the rail.The member 2 of the head has a socket 6, extending upwardly thereintoand opening out through the bottom thereof and also outwardly throughthe inner side ofsaid member, the inner open side of the socket beingclosed by the member 3 when the two members are assembled, as clearlyshown by Fig. 2. The socket 6 is located centrally with respect to themembers of the head, and removably fitted therein is a post 7, which maybe varied in length, or, in other words, posts of different lengths maybe'inserted in the heads of the several supporting-pillows used toaccommodate the necessary rigidity of support for the track-rails andalso the character; of the ground or other material into which the postsare projected.

Th two members 2 and 3 of the head are coupled by nutted bolts 8,disposed on opposite sides of the center and operating to firmly securethe members 2 and 3 together and hold the post 7 firmly within thesocket 6. In order to prevent wear directly from the upper terminal ofthe socket 6, space-strips 9 of suitable material are inserted in thesocket and engaged by the upper end of the post, these strips beingfreely insertible and removable from the inner open side of the socket.These space-strips 9 also serve to project the posts 7 varying distancesfrom the head, and

the number of said strips may be increased or decreased, as desired. Y

The members 2 and 3 and the posts 7 are disposed at regular intervals toreceive the rails and at such transverse distances apart as toaccommodate the gage of the track required. The posts 7 areembedded inthe ground, the latter being first prepared for this purpose, and thebases of the rails are first rested on the upper end of the member 2under the flange 4 thereof and'the member 3 afterward applied andsecured by the nutted bolts, the two flanges 4 of the members when thesaid members are assembled firmly holding the bases of the rails in theseats 5. At any time desired the nutted bolts 8 may be detached toremove the rails and transferred to some other point and set up, as justexplained.

The improved supporting means will be found exceptionally convenient anduseful for the purpose for which they have been devised, and in theirconstruction suitable material will be used to render them durable.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1.In a supporting device of the class set forth, the combination of a headcomposed of 2. In a supporting device of the class set forth, thecombination of a head composed of two members, one of which has a sockettherein opening through the lower end and inner side thereof and theother forming a closure for the inner portion of said socket, bothmembers having inwardly-projecting flanges at their upper extremities,separate pieces inserted in the socket and bearing against the .upperend of the latter, a post removably disposed in the socket, andtransversely-extending pairs of connecting-bolts inserted through bothmembers on opposite sides of the socket.

'In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES T. COCHRAN.

Witnesses:

J. W. LANGLEY, COLEMAN CowE'rT.

